Marco Palmieri
@mxpalmieri.bsky.social
Independent Developmental Editor. Knight Errant. Ronin. Helping storytellers is my passion. Previously: Realm Media • Tor Publishing Group • Simon & Schuster • DC Comics
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Today my local grocery store is selling 6 ounces of blueberries for $9.99.
Trump claims prices are low and there is no inflation ahead of “the Holiday season”
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today my local grocery store is selling 6 ounces of blueberries for $9.99.
Everything is terrible, but this made my day.
(Reproduced with the author’s permission and edited for confidentiality.)
#freelance #editor #writingcommunity #amediting
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![Part 1 of a letter from a client:
Dear Marco,
A few years ago, you helped me with two books: Soul Binder and Owen Greenley and the Cape of Leaves. I learned a great deal from your developmental edits.
You opened my eyes, especially to character agency. I have since then kept working on the projects, working with critique groups, and by some wild luck, I was mentored by [two top executives at a major film studio]. It’s been quite a journey.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6us7b5i2ulapud7c7ehlzwab/bafkreifqv3cez6rkx625cqohjwfcjrm2wkika5gvoaowbsrdwegzzzr7oi@jpeg)
August 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Everything is terrible, but this made my day.
(Reproduced with the author’s permission and edited for confidentiality.)
#freelance #editor #writingcommunity #amediting
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Fritz Lang would like a word.
April 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Fritz Lang would like a word.
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If you start by sanctioning lawyers simply because they represent clients with whom you disagree
Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position
It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges
This is fascism-pure and simple
Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position
It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges
This is fascism-pure and simple
New in PN: Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation
"It’s not just that Dugan was arrested, but how she was arrested. The whole point was to cause a scene. There’s no allegation she was attempting to evade arrest, but the FBI still forced a sitting judge to do a perp walk at her place of work."
"It’s not just that Dugan was arrested, but how she was arrested. The whole point was to cause a scene. There’s no allegation she was attempting to evade arrest, but the FBI still forced a sitting judge to do a perp walk at her place of work."
Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation
What would you say if you saw it in another country?
www.publicnotice.co
April 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you start by sanctioning lawyers simply because they represent clients with whom you disagree
Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position
It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges
This is fascism-pure and simple
Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position
It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges
This is fascism-pure and simple
Felt weird. Might delete later.
April 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Felt weird. Might delete later.
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"Furthermore, I expect the German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them, but that they are here for the nation"
Hitler, 1942
Doesn't sound much different, does it?
Hitler, 1942
Doesn't sound much different, does it?
Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
April 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Furthermore, I expect the German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them, but that they are here for the nation"
Hitler, 1942
Doesn't sound much different, does it?
Hitler, 1942
Doesn't sound much different, does it?
Share a movie scene that lives rent-free in your head.
April 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Share a movie scene that lives rent-free in your head.
Pretty sure this was settled as heresy by Emperor Constantine during the First Council of Nicaea, in Anno Domino’s 325.
I would like to know more about Cardinal Pizzaballa and what his take is on church doctrine: RE: pineapples on a large pie
choose your fighter
April 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pretty sure this was settled as heresy by Emperor Constantine during the First Council of Nicaea, in Anno Domino’s 325.
I was just mistaken for mobster Alphonse Persico by an ex-cop. “I saw you from the side and thought, oh man, Allie Boy got out!”
Don’t ever ask me about my business.
Don’t ever ask me about my business.
April 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I was just mistaken for mobster Alphonse Persico by an ex-cop. “I saw you from the side and thought, oh man, Allie Boy got out!”
Don’t ever ask me about my business.
Don’t ever ask me about my business.
With so many folks excited for Andor Season 2 kicking off in just a couple of days, this is your periodic reminder that writer-director Tony Gilroy's underrated Michael Clayton (2007; George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton) is a fucking masterpiece, and you should all watch it.
April 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
With so many folks excited for Andor Season 2 kicking off in just a couple of days, this is your periodic reminder that writer-director Tony Gilroy's underrated Michael Clayton (2007; George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton) is a fucking masterpiece, and you should all watch it.
I had one about the labyrinth, but it’s a bit convoluted.
If push comes to shove, I have one about Sisyphus
I had a joke about Ariadne but
1/🧵
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April 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I had one about the labyrinth, but it’s a bit convoluted.
I know it’s not a competition, but he really is the worst Marco.
“The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying ‘anti-Christian bias’ as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new order on supporting employees of Christian faith.”
State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’
“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.
www.politico.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I know it’s not a competition, but he really is the worst Marco.
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NICK CAVE DOTH ORDER COFFEE:
Some oat milke plese from a sustaynable brande
Please put the latte yn my red righte hande
Some oat milke plese from a sustaynable brande
Please put the latte yn my red righte hande
April 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
NICK CAVE DOTH ORDER COFFEE:
Some oat milke plese from a sustaynable brande
Please put the latte yn my red righte hande
Some oat milke plese from a sustaynable brande
Please put the latte yn my red righte hande
This is so fucked up.
Trump requiring Americans present a $165 passport to vote isn't a poll tax.
It's a Democracy Tariff.
It's a Democracy Tariff.
April 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is so fucked up.
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A big (and possibly unsolvable) problem in for audio dramas getting more popular is that the better your show is - the more carefully-honed the script, the more intricate the design - the harder it is for listeners to sporadically zone out, which I suspect is one of the attractions of chat podcasts.
April 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A big (and possibly unsolvable) problem in for audio dramas getting more popular is that the better your show is - the more carefully-honed the script, the more intricate the design - the harder it is for listeners to sporadically zone out, which I suspect is one of the attractions of chat podcasts.
bring me harry potter
April 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
bring me harry potter
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one of the most accurate memes out there
April 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
one of the most accurate memes out there
lol okay boomer
Trump: "One thing I learned about the coal miners -- that's what they want to do. You could give them a penthouse on 5th Avenue and a different kind of a job and they'd be unhappy. They want to mine coal. She was gonna put them in a high tech industry where you make little cell phones and things."
April 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
lol okay boomer
I hope she sues Walmart into the fucking ground.
April 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I hope she sues Walmart into the fucking ground.
That’s right, babe, I got tariffs the size of basketballs.
April 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
That’s right, babe, I got tariffs the size of basketballs.
Why do you think he removes their skins, Agent Starling? Enthrall me with your acumen.
"The tariffs, and the quick slide into economic calamity, have sparked real resistance. They’ve also demonstrated just how craven the GOP is, and the extent to which most Rs would do anything rather than point out the emperor is wearing a grotesque meat suit made of the skin of his constituents."
Trump's tariffs insanity begins to fracture the MAGA cult
Republican resistance is helpful. But more of it is needed.
www.publicnotice.co
April 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Why do you think he removes their skins, Agent Starling? Enthrall me with your acumen.
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Even among the darkest recesses of the human condition, there is no more paralyzing, bladder-loosening fear than conservative men’s fear of subways.
Sean Duffy: "The truth is, transit across America is dangerous. And these liberals -- liberal mayors -- they want everybody out of cars and into trains but they made the trains unsafe so nobody really wants to ride them ... even big men don't want to ride the subway at those times of night."
April 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Even among the darkest recesses of the human condition, there is no more paralyzing, bladder-loosening fear than conservative men’s fear of subways.
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984
Rick Scott: "When Trump left office in the beginning of '21, we had a great economy. The Biden administration and Democrats ruined it." 🙃🥴🙃🥴🙃🥴
April 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984